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| Team | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Pacers | 15 | 29 | 30 | 41 | 115 |
 Nuggets | 21 | 29 | 31 | 26 | 107 |
INDTeam statsDEN| Team | FG | 3PT | FT | REB | AST | TO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IND | 43-8650.0% | 13-2944.8% | 16-1984.2% | 38 | 31 | 14 |
| DEN | 41-8846.6% | 3-2313.0% | 22-3268.8% | 44 | 22 | 9 |
Point at or clickTap a player to see his shots, then his whole game from there. ClickTap a number under REB, AST, STL, BLK, TO or PF to see those plays.
Indiana Pacers115| 41 | 22 | 10-16 | 1-2 | 1-3 | 0 | 0 | +12 | +7.3 | ||||||
| 36 | 22 | 8-17 | 2-4 | 4-4 | 0 | 0 | +11 | +2.2 | ||||||
| 33 | 22 | 7-13 | 0-1 | 0 | 8-8 | 0 | 0 | −2 | +2.4 | |||||
| 23 | 0 | 0-7 | 0-4 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −6 | −10.6 | ||||||
| 20 | 3 | 1-5 | 1-2 | 0-0 | 0 | −1 | −8.3 | |||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 25 | 14 | 4-8 | 3-7 | 0 | 0 | 3-4 | 0 | 0 | +4 | +0.5 | ||||
| 22 | 4 | 2-3 | 0-0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +7 | +1.1 | |||||
| 21 | 24, Season high (his best before, 19) | 9-10 | 6-7, Season high (his best before, 5) | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +20 | +11.9 | ||||
| 13 | 0 | 0-3 | 0-1 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | −6.0 | |||||
| 6 | 4 | 2-4 | 0-1 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | +0.2 | ||||
| Team | 115 | 43-8650.0% | 13-2944.8% | 38 | 31 | 14 | 25 | 16-1984.2% | 11 | 1 | 4 | |||
Bench 46 points on 17 for 28 shooting
Did not play: T.J. Leaf, JaKarr Sampson and Edmond Sumner (coach’s decision).
Denver Nuggets107| 36 | 16 | 7-17 | 0-4 | 2-3 | 0 | −2 | −1.3 | |||||||
| 33 | 16 | 6-9 | 0-1 | 0 | 4-6 | −8 | +1.5 | |||||||
| 32 | 30 | 10-16 | 2-4 | 8-12 | 0 | −2 | +12.9 | |||||||
| 29 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-2 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | −6.0 | |||||
| 25 | 8 | 2-4 | 1-3 | 0 | 3-3 | 0 | −6 | −0.2 | ||||||
| Bench | ||||||||||||||
| 23 | 10 | 3-9 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 4-4 | 0 | −4 | +0.3 | |||||
| 18 | 13 | 6-7 | 0-0 | 1-4 | 0 | 0 | −9 | +5.2 | ||||||
| 17 | 8 | 4-9 | 0-2 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | −2.0 | |||||
| 14 | 2 | 1-3 | 0-2 | 0 | 0 | 0-0 | 0 | 0 | −1.3 | |||||
| 14 | 2 | 1-7 | 0-3 | 0-0 | 0 | −6 | −5.1 | |||||||
| Team | 107 | 41-8846.6% | 3-2313.0% | 44 | 22 | 9 | 19 | 22-3268.8% | 12 | 10 | 4 | |||
Bench 35 points on 15 for 35 shooting
Did not play: Jarred Vanderbilt and Vlatko Čančar (coach’s decision).
Pacers115Nuggets107ClickTap a team’s number to see the plays behind it.
PS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes. The game’s highs are in blue, hot shooting in gold, cold in gray. ClickTap a column’s heading to sort by it.
Doug McDermott scored a season-high 24 points (18 in the fourth quarter), and the Indiana Pacers beat the Denver Nuggets 115-107 for their fifth straight win.
McDermott’s corner 3-pointer put the Pacers ahead for good with 4:13 left in the fourth quarter.
The Nuggets got within 100-99 on Jerami Grant’s putback with 2:37 to play, but Domantas Sabonis answered with a 12-foot jumper, and the Nuggets got no closer.
During clutch time, the Pacers outscored the Nuggets 18-8. Sabonis scored 8 of the Pacers’ 18 on 4 for 5 shooting.
Sabonis had 22 points, 15 rebounds and a career-high 10 assists, his first career triple-double. T.J. Warren added 22 points (12 in the paint), and Malcolm Brogdon had 22 points and 8 assists. McDermott scored 18 of his 24 points in the fourth quarter. The Pacers had 4 20-point scorers. Sabonis assisted on 6 of McDermott’s 9 baskets, 4 of them in the fourth quarter.
For the Nuggets, Nikola Jokić had 30 points, 10 rebounds and 3 steals.
The Pacers shot 50.0% from the field and 44.8% from 3 to the Nuggets’ 46.6% and 13.0%. Myles Turner fouled out.
Indiana PacersDenver NuggetsPS, Performance Score: points above what an average player adds in the same minutes.
The five plays that moved the chance to win most, in order.
Each play from the side of the team that made it: its chance to win before and after, and the change in percentage points. On the court, each shot is the shooter’s face (gray when he missed), bigger the more it moved the chance. The Pacers’ chance bottomed out at 8.4% (3rd quarter, 53s left). Chances from the site’s game model (the per-play numbers the Clutch and Performances tabs use aren’t built for this game).
99 points from the field on 86 shots: 11.1 more than the league scores from the same zones.
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| Zone | FG | % | League |
|---|---|---|---|
| At the rim | 15-22 | 68.2% | 64% |
| In the paint | 9-17 | 52.9% | 40% |
| Mid-range | 6-18 | 33.3% | 40% |
| Corner 3 | 3-11 | 27.3% | 39% |
| Above-the-break 3 | 10-18 | 55.6% | 35% |
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juancho Hernangomez | 17 | 16 | 6-6 | +12 |
| Will Barton | 8 | 3 | 1-2 | +1 |
| Torrey Craig | 6 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Malik Beasley | 3 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 7 | 10 | 4-4 | +8 |
The tracking credits him with 29 points on 40 possessions. He usually scores about 10 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torrey Craig | 28 | 10 | 4-6 | +2 |
| Jerami Grant | 15 | 6 | 2-3 | +2 |
| Michael Porter Jr. | 6 | 2 | 1-1 | 0 |
| Juancho Hernangomez | 5 | 0 | 0-0 | −1 |
| Everyone else | 12 | 6 | 1-4 | +3 |
The tracking credits him with 24 points on 65 possessions. He usually scores about 19 on that many.
| Guarded by | Poss | Pts | FG | vs usual |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nikola Jokić | 36 | 15 | 7-9 | +5 |
| Mason Plumlee | 13 | 0 | 0-1 | −4 |
| Jerami Grant | 7 | 2 | 1-2 | 0 |
| Will Barton | 6 | 2 | 1-3 | 0 |
| Everyone else | 17 | 7 | 3-4 | +2 |
The tracking credits him with 26 points on 78 possessions. He usually scores about 22 on that many.
What the players each one guarded scored, against what they usually score on as many possessions.
Possessions, and parts of possessions when defenders switched, from the NBA’s matchup tracking. The line under a defender’s name: his share of the scorer’s possessions. Usual: what the scorer averaged a possession against every defender in the regular season, eased toward the league’s rate when he has few possessions.
DEN win probability — AI model powered by play-by-play data
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Highest Leverage Moments
Sabonis 2' Tip Layup Shot (18 PTS)
Q4 3:05
17.5%
47→29
Grant 3' Putback Layup (16 PTS)
Q4 2:37
16.4%
27→43
Sabonis 12' Jump Shot (20 PTS) (McConnell 7 AST)
Q4 2:16
16.4%
43→27
McDermott 3PT Jump Shot (24 PTS) (Sabonis 10 AST)
Q4 1:08
16.3%
21→4
McDermott 3PT Jump Shot (21 PTS) (Sabonis 9 AST)
Q4 4:13
15.4%
62→47
